“After reviewing Judge John Roberts’ credentials and meeting with him privately, I have found that he meets my criteria for judges. And that is: only the brightest, most objective minds shall serve on the bench,” said Baucus, who acknowledged the decision was not an easy one. link
Baucus’s weasel words came after Minority Leader Reid announced he would not support Roberts:
It doesn’t surprise me that Baucus acted like a supine snake. He is one of the worst corporate whores in the Senate:
:::flip:::
As can be seen from this example:
GOP Leaders Engineer Move;
Result Is Seen as Setback for Health Care Groups
Six of 11 Senate Democrats ultimately supported the compromise tax measure without the FDA provisions: Max Baucus (Mont.), Thomas A. Daschle (S.D.), Kent Conrad (N.D.), John Breaux (La.), Jeff Bingaman (N.M.), and Blanche Lincoln (Ark.). All are from states whose energy producers or farmers will benefit from the bill’s far-reaching tax provisions. Daschle is facing a tough reelection campaign. link
And from this example:
The U.S. Senate approved the almost universally unpopular bankruptcy reform bill last night, and — thanks to the support of 18 Democrats — the White House and the Republicans on Capitol Hill can proclaim it a triumph of bi-partisan cooperation. While you’re writing the check for the minimum payment due again this month, your credit card company will be writing thank you notes to Democratic Sens. Max Baucus, Evan Bayh, Joe Biden, Jeff Bingaman, Robert Byrd, Tom Carper, Kent Conrad, Daniel Inouye, Tim Johnson, Herb Kohl, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln, Ben Nelson, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar and Debbie Stabenow. — Tim Grieve. Salon
And from this example:
The nation’s environmental health protections suffered a severe setback this week when six Democratic Senators joined 45 Republicans to defeat an effort to overturn the Bush
Administration’s new rule regulating mercury emissions.
Health experts assert that the new EPA rule, which institutes a “cap-and-trade” system for mercury emissions, will cause dangerous hot spots of mercury pollution in regions where a power plant can buy pollution “credits” rather than reduce its
emissions.
Democrats joining in the 51-47 vote against repealing rule included Senators Max Baucus (MT); Robert Byrd (WV); Kent Conrad(ND); Byron Dorgan (ND): Ben Nelson (NE); Mark Pryor (AR). link
He also has no problem torturing people, or promoting “the brightest, most objective minds” that justify torturing people:
The Democratic senators who supported Mr. Gonzales were Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, Ken Salazar of Colorado, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Bill Nelson of Florida and
Mark Pryor of Arkansas.
Mr. Lieberman said he believed that a president should be able to pick his Cabinet team, barring compelling reasons to the contrary. The senator said he had met with the nominee and was satisfied that Mr. Gonzales’s allegiance was “to the Constitution and the people of this country,” not simply to President Bush…
These three good fellows didn’t bother to vote:
Baucus, Max – (D – MT)
Conrad, Kent – (D – ND)
Inouye, Daniel – (D – HI)
link
And when it comes to investigating criminal wrongdoing by the administration, he is worse than useless:
By ROBERT PEAR July 7, 2004 NYT
… The senior Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, Max Baucus of Montana, said that given a limited scope of the investigation, “we cannot know about the involvement or knowledge of White House officials” in the suppression of information.
Max Baucus doesn’t stand for anything. He has no balls. He’s stomping on the message of the party, which is supposed to be:
And most decidedly, not:
“Throughout my career, I’ve always tried to reach across party lines to do what’s right,” Baucus said. “This isn’t about being a Democrat or Republican; it’s about being a Montanan and American.”
If you want to tell Max Baucus you think he is a punk you can contact him here:
Washington D.C.(202) 224-2651
Billings (406) 657-6790
Bozeman (406) 586-6104
Butte (406) 782-8700
Great Falls (406) 761-1574
Helena (406) 449-5480
Kalispell (406) 756-1150
Missoula (406) 329-3123
Washington DC Fax (202) 224-0515
*Thanks to jpol for the research. And I am pleased to welcome jpol to the front-page.